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Moon Information For January 9 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Moon January 9, 2017 (British Indian Ocean Territory)

The Moon information shown here applies to Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory on Monday, January 9, 2017. (Local time Indian/Chagos)

Moonrise to moonset12h9m
Moonrise16:30
Moonset04:39
Distance to the center of the Sun147,111,145 km
Distance to the center of Earth363,311 km
Moon ilumination (at midnight)81.4%
Lunar phasewaxing
Current zodiac sign the MoonTaurus ♉
Moon age (days past new moon)10.6

Moon-Planet Conjunctions

A Moon-planet conjunction occurs when an astronomical object has either the same, or nearly the same, right ascension or the same ecliptic longitude of that of the Moon, as observed from Earth. Check all the conjunctions in January 2017.

Astronomical ObjectsDate and TimeDegrees Apart
Moon and VenusJanuary 2Venus is 2 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MarsJanuary 3Mars is 0.3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and Aldebaran2017-01-09 20:07Aldebaran is 0.4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and RegulusJanuary 15Regulus is 0.9 degrees North of the Moon.
Moon and JupiterJanuary 19Jupiter is 3 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and SaturnJanuary 24Saturn is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and MercuryJanuary 26Mercury is 4 degrees South of the Moon.
Moon and VenusJanuary 31Venus is 4.2 degrees North of the Moon.

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